A/RES/42/153

Draft Convention on International Bills of Exchange and International Promissory Notes : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 42
Date: 1987-12-07
Committee report: A/42/836
Meeting record: A/42/PV.94
Agenda item(s): Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its 20th session.

Tally

Yes 114Abstain 40Did not vote 5

Roll call

'Did not vote' combines members that were absent and members present that did not participate; the source does not distinguish them.

Roll call – A/RES/42/153
Country	Position
Algeria	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bhutan	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Central African Republic	Yes
Chad	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Comoros	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Cuba	Yes
Czechoslovakia	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (as “ZAIRE”)	Yes
Democratic Yemen	Yes
Djibouti	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Ethiopia	Yes
Fiji	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
German Democratic Republic	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Grenada	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Iraq	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kuwait	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liberia	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Maldives	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritania	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Nepal	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Lucia	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
Somalia	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sudan	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes
Thailand	Yes
Togo	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Tunisia	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Uganda	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Argentina	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Austria	Abstain
Barbados	Abstain
Belarus	Abstain
Canada	Abstain
Cyprus	Abstain
Denmark	Abstain
Finland	Abstain
Germany, Federal Republic of	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
Hungary	Abstain
Iceland	Abstain
India	Abstain
Indonesia	Abstain
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Abstain
Ireland	Abstain
Israel	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Mongolia	Abstain
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Abstain
New Zealand	Abstain
Norway	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Poland	Abstain
Romania	Abstain
Samoa	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Sweden	Abstain
Ukraine	Abstain
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (as “USSR”)	Abstain
United Kingdom	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
United States	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Albania	Did not vote
Belize	Did not vote
Dominica	Did not vote
South Africa	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

UN COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW--REPORTS

Sources

Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.